Phillip weinbeeg and louis clark



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet; 1.

P. WEINBERG & L. CLARK, Jr.

FUR SKIRT.

Patnted Nov. 23, 1886.

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P. WEINBERG 8: L. CLARK, Jr. FUR SKIRT.

No. 353,103. Patented Nov. 23, 1886.

WITNESSES INVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILLIP WVEINBERG AND LOUIS CLARK, JR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FUR SKIIRT.

ESPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,103, datedNovember 23, 1886. Application filed August 20, 1886. Serial No.211,451. (No mode.

To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PHILLIP WEINBERG and LOUIS CLARK, J r., of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedFur Garment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Our invention relates to a seatskin garment made in the form of a skirtto be supported at the waist; and the invention consists of the specialconstruction of the garment, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention finally consists in forming a flyat thewaist-placket, andin providing the waistband with an adjustable fastening, so that thegarment will perfectly fit persons of different sizes.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,in which similar letters of referenceindicalecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front view of the garment as it appears when worn, theplacket being turned down to show theily and adjustable fastening. Fig.2 is a rear view of the garment. Fig. 3 is a view of the front breadthof the garment, showing in dotted lines the extent to which it isblocked. Fig. ashows the form of the front breadth complete. Figs. 5 and7 show the side breadt-hsof the garment; and Fig; Gshows the backbreadth, the dotted lines indicating the plait therein.

The garment A is made of seal-skin in the forin'ofa skirt, and providedwith a waistband, B, for fastening the garment around the waist of thewearer.- four breadths. The front breadth, O, the back breadth, D, andthe two side breadths, E F, are plain slightly-tapered bl'eadths, andthe back breadth, D, isthe same, except itis folded to form a plait, D,which gives the requisite fullness to the back ofthe garment at the bottom and tapers the skirt at the top to fit the form. The front breadth,O, is blocked to form the curved edges 0 0. Below these curves Thegarment is composed of the edges of the front breadth are nearlystraight, as shown at c c. The edges 0 c of the side are stitched to theedges 6 f of the side breadths, E F, the seams following strictly thecurves 0 0, so that a rounded fullness is formed in the garment at d,and to contract the up per edge or end of the front breadth, O, we forma gore, II, in it, as will be understood from Figs. 3 and 4, thusfashioning the garment to the form, leaving the skirt sufficientfullness. By blocking the front breadth to form the curves 0 c we areenabled to produce a perfect fit of the garment in front, so it will notwrinkle or draw, and without the necessity of forming plait-s or folds,and the breadth being thus blocked or stretched to form will alwaysretain its shape.

At the placket G we form a short fly, a, which laps under the frontbreadth, and this closes the placket, and to the waistband we attach anadjustable fastening, consisting in this instance of a stop, a, set somedistance from the edge of the fly a, and the buckle a attached to thefront breadth,.so that the waist of the garment may be expanded orconsiderably contracted without destroying the tit and withoutopening'the placket, so the same garment is adapted to fit personsofdifferent sizes.

Having thus described our-invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A garment of sealskin in the form of a skirt having front, side,'andback breadths, the front breadth having the front enlargement or swell,d, substantially as described.

2. The front breadth, 0, having the curved edges 0 and gored at h, incombination with the side breadths, E F, plaited back breadth, D,audwaistband B,substantially as described.

PHILLIP XVEINBERG. LOUIS CLARK, JR. \Vitnesses:

HENRY WHEELooK, DANIEL KRAUS.

